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Open-source software (OSS) sits at the center of almost every digital technology moving the world since the early 1980s laptops, cellphones, widespread internet connectivity, cloud computing, social media, automation, all the rainbow flavors of e-commerce, and even secure communications and anti-censorship tools.
Cybersecurity, financial, and tech firms are responding to President Biden's Cybersecurity Executive Order. For this, the Linux Foundation is providing the collective, and neutral forum, OpenSSF.